Tieh-Hsuan Yen English 403

Spring 2013

Timeline

Before

1968

Little interested

1968 Possible Oil Existing

After

1968

Interested by China, Japan, and Taiwan

2013 Ownership Problem

Undersea Oil Resource

Western views:•The Wall Street Journal

− 12 articles − Own by the

Japanese

Eastern views:•The South China Morning Post

− 14 articles− Owned by the

Chinese

Comparative Two Newspapers Comparative Two Newspapers

U.S. & Japan- one unit

China- in numbers of aircraft and ships

A different point of view−The South China Morning Post